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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mattie Silver has lived with the Fromes for _______________.
(a) A year.
(b) Five years.
(c) Six months.
(d) One month.

2. Ethan and Mattie talk frankly for the first time about __________________.
(a) Their love for each other.
(b) Ethan's business.
(c) Mattie's desire to leave.
(d) Zeena.

3. When Ethan asks Andrew Hale for money, __________________________________________.
(a) Hale gets angry and asks Ethan to leave.
(b) Hale guesses that Ethan has lied to Zeena about money.
(c) Hale suggests that Ethan work for him.
(d) Hale claims money is too tight for him at the moment.

4. Ethan returns home early because ___________________________________________.
(a) He cannot get the horses to town safely.
(b) He is afraid to face Mr. Hale and ask for money.
(c) He is afraid Jotham Powell will suspect his love for Mattie.
(d) He is afraid there will be trouble between Mattie and Zeena.

5. When Ethan and Mattie arrive at home, they cannot find _______________________.
(a) The sled.
(b) The key to the house.
(c) The key to the barn.
(d) The keys to the car.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Zeena still awake when Ethan and Mattie arrive at home?

2. Ethan feels too constrained to try to touch Mattie inside the house because ____________________________________________.

3. Zeena's cat ____________________________.

4. Where is Ethan Frome going at the start of Chapter 1?

5. Mattie is encouraged to enjoy evenings out because _______________________________.

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